Police minister ordered to pay Cape Town politician R300,000 for wrongful arrest: Taxpayers will have to fork out R300,000 after the high court held the minister of police responsible for the wrongful arrest of a Cape Town politician.
Nceba Sandlana, 48, was attending his brother's murder trial in the high court in Cape Town in August 2014 when a police officer arrested him and charged him with intimidation. This after the sister of the deceased, whose murder Sandlana’s brother was being tried for, complained he had threatened her and that she feared for her safety.
Sandlana then sued the police minister for wrongful arrest and detention. The high court ruled in his favour this week. “But his experience in the cells pales in significance when compared to his detention in the awaiting-trial section of Pollsmoor prison. His graphic evidence in that regard constitutes a shocking indictment of the appalling state of South African prisons,” judge Patrick Gamble said in his judgment.
He was kept in a crowded holding cell overnight. He said he was “fortunate to have medication for treatment of his chronic asthmatic condition”. Sandlana was then moved to a “sleeping cell” where he shared a blanket on the floor with other prisoners who did not have a gang affiliation. He testified that 76 people shared a cell with 20 beds.
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